Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Abortion Pill

Published on December 13, 2023

The Supreme Court agreed on Dec. 13 to hear the Biden administration’s defense of regulatory moves related to mifepristone, a pill used for abortions. Although a lower court had blocked the sale of mifepristone after finding that the process involved in approving the drug was legally flawed, the Supreme Court countermanded that order in April, allowing sales to continue. A medication abortion generally involves the use of mifepristone, which blocks progesterone, a hormone, and misoprostol, which induces contractions. Misoprostol is not an issue in the current litigation. Many lawsuits have followed in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in June 2022 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and found there was no right to abortion in the U.S. Constitution. The ruling returned the regulation of abortion to the states....

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